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At-Tur 52:16 – An-Najm 53:26

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Surah 52

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The Mount · 49 verses · Meccan

52:16

ٱصْلَوْهَا فَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟ أَوْ لَا تَصْبِرُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)islawhaa fasbiroo aw laa tasbiroo sawaa'un 'alaykum innamaa tujzawna maa kuntum ta'maloon

DIN 31635iṣlawhā faṣbirū ʾaw lā taṣbirū sawāʾun ʿalaykum ʾinnamā tuǧzawna mā kuntum taʿmalūna

The translators word this verse differently

Burn in it. Whether you are patient, or impatient, it is the same for you. You are only being repaid for what you used to do."

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Endure the heat thereof, and whether ye are patient of it or impatient of it is all one for you. Ye are only being paid for what ye used to do

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

broil ye therein, and be patient thereof or be not patient, it is the same to you: ye are but rewarded for that which ye did do

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Burn ye therein: bear it patiently or impatiently 'twill be the same to you: for ye shall assuredly receive the reward of your doings

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Enter the same to be scorched: Whether ye bear your torments patiently, or impatiently, it will be equal unto you: Ye shall surely receive the reward of that which ye have wrought

George Sale · published 1734

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52:17

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍ وَنَعِيمٍ

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Easy-read (simplified)inna l-muttaqeena fee jannaatin wana'eem

DIN 31635ʾinna l-muttaqīna fī ǧannātin wanaʿīmin

The translators word this verse differently

But the righteous will be amid gardens and bliss.

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Lo! those who kept their duty dwell in gardens and delight

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Verily, the pious (shall be) in gardens and pleasure

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

But mid gardens and delights shall they dwell who have feared God

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

But the pious shall dwell amidst gardens and pleasures

George Sale · published 1734

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52:18

فَٰكِهِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

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Easy-read (simplified)faakiheena bimaa aataahum rabbuhum wawaqaahum rabbuhum 'adhaaba l-jaheem

DIN 31635fākihīna bimā ʾātāhum rabbuhum wawaqāhum rabbuhum ʿaḏāba l-ǧaḥīmi

Enjoying what their Lord has given them, and their Lord has spared them the suffering of Hell.

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Happy because of what their Lord hath given them, and (because) their Lord hath warded off from them the torment of hell-fire

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

enjoying what their Lord has given them; for their Lord will save them from the torment of hell

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Rejoicing in what their Lord hath given them; and that from the pain of hell-fire hath their Lord preserved them

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

delighting themselves in what their Lord shall have given them: And their Lord shall deliver them from the pains of hell

George Sale · published 1734

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52:19

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)kuloo washraboo hanee'an bimaa kuntum ta'maloon

DIN 31635kulū wašrabū hanīʾan bimā kuntum taʿmalūna

The translators word this verse differently

Eat and drink happily, for what you used to do.

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(And it is said unto them): Eat and drink in health (as a reward) for what ye used to do

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Eat and drink with good digestion, for that which ye have done

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Eat and drink with healthy enjoyment, in recompense for your deeds

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And it shall be said unto them, eat and drink with easy digestion; because of that which ye have wrought

George Sale · published 1734

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52:20

مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مَّصْفُوفَةٍ وَزَوَّجْنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ

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Easy-read (simplified)muttaki'eena 'alaa sururin masfoofatin wazawwajnaahum bihoorin 'een

DIN 31635muttakiʾīna ʿalā sururin maṣfūfatin wazawwaǧnāhum biḥūrin ʿīnin

The translators word this verse differently

Relaxing on luxurious furnishings; and We will couple them with gorgeous spouses.

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Reclining on ranged couches. And we wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Reclining on couches in rows; and we will wed them to large-eyed maids

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

On couches ranged in rows shall they recline; and to the damsels with large dark eyes will we wed them

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Leaning on couches disposed in order: And We will espouse them unto virgins having large black eyes

George Sale · published 1734

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52:21

وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعَتْهُمْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَٰنٍ أَلْحَقْنَا بِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَمَآ أَلَتْنَٰهُم مِّنْ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَىْءٍ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٌ

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Easy-read (simplified)walladheena aamanoo waattaba'athum dhurriyyatuhum bi'eemaanin alhaqnaa bihim dhurriyyatahum wamaa alatnaahum min 'amalihim min shay'in kullu mri'in bimaa kasaba raheen

DIN 31635wallaḏīna ʾāmanū wāttabaʿathum ḏurriyyatuhum biʾīmānin ʾalḥaqnā bihim ḏurriyyatahum wamā ʾalatnāhum min ʿamalihim min šayʾin kullu mriʾin bimā kasaba rahīnun

Those who believed and their offspring followed them in faith-We will unite them with their offspring, and We will not deprive them of any of their works. Every person is hostage to what he has earned.

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And they who believe and whose seed follow them in faith, We cause their seed to join them (there), and We deprive them of nought of their (life's) work. Every man is a pledge for that which he hath earned

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And those who believe and whose seed follows them in the faith, we will unite their seed with them; and we will not cheat them of their work at all;- every man is pledged for what he earns

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And to those who have believed, whose offspring have followed them in the faith, will we again unite their offspring; nor of the meed of their works will we in the least defraud them. Pledged to God is every man for his actions and their desert

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And unto those who believe, and whose off-spring follow them in the faith, We will join their off-spring in paradise: And We will not diminish unto them ought of the merit of their works. -- Every man is given in pledge for that which he shall have wrought

George Sale · published 1734

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52:22

وَأَمْدَدْنَٰهُم بِفَٰكِهَةٍ وَلَحْمٍ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)wa'amdadnaahum bifaakihatin walahmin mimmaa yashtahoon

DIN 31635waʾamdadnāhum bifākihatin walaḥmin mimmā yaštahūna

And We will supply them with fruit, and meat; such as they desire.

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And We provide them with fruit and meat such as they desire

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And we will extend to them fruit and flesh such as they like

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And fruits in abundance will we give them, and flesh as they shall desire

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And we will give them fruits in abundance, and flesh of the kinds which they shall desire

George Sale · published 1734

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52:23

يَتَنَٰزَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأْسًا لَّا لَغْوٌ فِيهَا وَلَا تَأْثِيمٌ

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Easy-read (simplified)yatanaaza'oona feehaa ka'san laa laghwun feehaa walaa ta'theem

DIN 31635yatanāzaʿūna fīhā kaʾsan lā laġwun fīhā walā taʾṯīmun

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They will exchange therein a cup; wherein is neither harm, nor sin.

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There they pass from hand to hand a cup wherein is neither vanity nor cause of sin

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

They shall pass to and fro therein a cup in which is neither folly nor sin

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Therein shall they pass to one another the cup which shall engender no light discourse, no motive to sin

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

They shall present unto one another therein a cup of wine, wherein there shall be no vain discourse, nor any incitement unto wickedness

George Sale · published 1734

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52:24

وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ غِلْمَانٌ لَّهُمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ لُؤْلُؤٌ مَّكْنُونٌ

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Easy-read (simplified)wayatoofu 'alayhim ghilmaanun lahum ka'annahum lu'lu'un maknoon

DIN 31635wayaṭūfu ʿalayhim ġilmānun lahum kaʾannahum luʾluʾun maknūnun

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Serving them will be youths like hidden pearls.

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And there go round, waiting on them menservants of their own, as they were hidden pearls

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And round them shall go boys of theirs, as though they were hidden pearls

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And youths shall go round among them beautiful as imbedded pearls

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And youths appointed to attend them, shall go round them: Beautiful as pearls hidden in their shell

George Sale · published 1734

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52:25

وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)wa'aqbala ba'duhum 'alaa ba'din yatasaa'aloon

DIN 31635waʾaqbala baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin yatasāʾalūna

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And they will approach one another, inquiring.

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And some of them draw near unto others, questioning

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And they shall accost each other and ask questions

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And shall accost one another and ask mutual questions

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And they shall approach unto one another, and shall ask mutual questions

George Sale · published 1734

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52:26

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبْلُ فِىٓ أَهْلِنَا مُشْفِقِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)qaaloo innaa kunnaa qablu fee ahlinaa mushfiqeen

DIN 31635qālū ʾinnā kunnā qablu fī ʾahlinā mušfiqīna

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They will say, "Before this, we were fearful for our families.

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Saying: Lo! of old, when we were with our families, we were ever anxious

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and shall say, 'Verily, we were before amidst our families shrinking with terror

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

A time indeed there was," will they say, "when we were full of care as to the future lot of our families

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And they shall say, verily we were heretofore amidst our family, in great dread with regard to our state after death

George Sale · published 1734

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52:27

فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ

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Easy-read (simplified)famanna llaahu 'alaynaa wawaqaanaa 'adhaaba s-samoom

DIN 31635famanna llāhu ʿalaynā wawaqānā ʿaḏāba s-samūmi

But God blessed us, and spared us the agony of the Fiery Winds.

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But Allah hath been gracious unto us and hath preserved us from the torment of the breath of Fire

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

but God has been gracious to us and saved us from the torment of the hot blast

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

But kind hath God been to us, and from the pestilential torment hath he preserved us

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

But God hath been gracious unto us, and hath delivered us from the pain of burning fire

George Sale · published 1734

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52:28

إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبْلُ نَدْعُوهُ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

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Easy-read (simplified)innaa kunnaa min qablu nad'oohu innahu huwa l-barru r-raheem

DIN 31635ʾinnā kunnā min qablu nadʿūhu ʾinnahu huwa l-barru r-raḥīmu

Before this, we used to pray to Him. He is the Good, the Compassionate."

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Lo! we used to pray unto Him of old. Lo! He is the Benign, the Merciful

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Verily, we used to call on Him before; verily, He is the righteous, the compassionate

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

For, heretofore we called upon Him - and He is the Beneficent, the Merciful

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

For we called on him heretofore; and he is the beneficent, the merciful

George Sale · published 1734

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52:29

فَذَكِّرْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٍ وَلَا مَجْنُونٍ

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Easy-read (simplified)fadhakkir famaa anta bini'mati rabbika bikaahinin walaa majnoon

DIN 31635faḏakkir famā ʾanta biniʿmati rabbika bikāhinin walā maǧnūnin

So remind. By the grace of your Lord, you are neither a soothsayer, nor a madman.

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Therefor warn (men, O Muhammad). By the grace of Allah thou art neither soothsayer nor madman

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Wherefore do thou remind them: for thou art, by the favour of thy Lord, neither a soothsayer nor mad

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Warn thou, then. For thou by the favour of thy Lord art neither soothsayer nor possessed

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Wherefore do thou, O prophet, admonish thy people. Thou art not, by the grace of thy Lord, a soothsayer, or a madman

George Sale · published 1734

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52:30

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٌ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيْبَ ٱلْمَنُونِ

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Easy-read (simplified)am yaqooloona shaa'irun natarabbasu bihi rayba l-manoon

DIN 31635ʾam yaqūlūna šāʿirun natarabbaṣu bihi rayba l-manūni

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Or do they say, "A poet-we await for him a calamity of time"?

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Or say they: (he is) a poet, (one) for whom we may expect the accident of time

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Will they say, 'A poet; we wait for him the sad accidents of fate

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Will they say, "A poet! let us await some adverse turn of his fortune

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Do they say, he is a poet: We wait, concerning him, some adverse turn of fortune

George Sale · published 1734

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52:31

قُلْ تَرَبَّصُوا۟ فَإِنِّى مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُتَرَبِّصِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)qul tarabbasoo fa'innee ma'akum mina l-mutarabbiseen

DIN 31635qul tarabbaṣū faʾinnī maʿakum mina l-mutarabbiṣīna

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Say, "Go on waiting; I will be waiting with you."

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Say (unto them): Except (your fill)! Lo! I am with you among the expectant

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Say, 'Wait ye then; for I too am of those who wait

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

SAY, wait ye, and in sooth I too will wait with you

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Say, wait ye my ruin: Verily I wait, with you, the time of your destruction

George Sale · published 1734

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52:32

أَمْ تَأْمُرُهُمْ أَحْلَٰمُهُم بِهَٰذَآ أَمْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)am ta'muruhum ahlaamuhum bihaadhaa am hum qawmun taaghoon

DIN 31635ʾam taʾmuruhum ʾaḥlāmuhum bihāḏā ʾam hum qawmun ṭāġūna

Or is it that their dreams compel them to this? Or are they aggressive people?

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Do their minds command them to do this, or are they an outrageous folk

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Do their dreams bid them this? or are they an outrageous people

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Is it their dreams which inspire them with this? or is it that they are a perverse people

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Do their mature understandings bid them say this; or are they people who perversely transgress

George Sale · published 1734

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52:33

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥ بَل لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)am yaqooloona taqawwalahu bal laa yu'minoon

DIN 31635ʾam yaqūlūna taqawwalahu bal lā yuʾminūna

Or do they say, "He made it up"? Rather, they do not believe.

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Or say they: He hath invented it? Nay, but they will not believe

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Or will they say, 'He has invented it?' - nay, but they do not believe

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Will they say, "He hath forged it (the Koran) himself?" Nay, rather it is that they believed not

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Do they say, he hath forged the Koran? Verily they believe not

George Sale · published 1734

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52:34

فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِحَدِيثٍ مِّثْلِهِۦٓ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَٰدِقِينَ

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Easy-read (simplified)falya'too bihadeethin mithlihi in kaanoo saadiqeen

DIN 31635falyaʾtū biḥadīṯin miṯlihi ʾin kānū ṣādiqīna

So let them produce a discourse like it, if they are truthful.

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Then let them produce speech the like thereof, if they are truthful

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

But let them bring a discourse like it, if they tell the truth

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Let them then produce a discourse like it, if they speak the Truth

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Let them produce a discourse like unto it, if they speak truth

George Sale · published 1734

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52:35

أَمْ خُلِقُوا۟ مِنْ غَيْرِ شَىْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْخَٰلِقُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)am khuliqoo min ghayri shay'in am humu l-khaaliqoon

DIN 31635ʾam ḫuliqū min ġayri šayʾin ʾam humu l-ḫāliqūna

Or were they created out of nothing? Or are they the creators?

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Or were they created out of naught? Or are they the creators

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Or were they created of nothing, or were they the creators

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Were they created by nothing? or were they the creators of themselves

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Were they created by nothing; or were they the creators of themselves

George Sale · published 1734

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52:36

أَمْ خَلَقُوا۟ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)am khalaqoo s-samaawaati wal-'arda bal laa yooqinoon

DIN 31635ʾam ḫalaqū s-samāwāti wal-ʾarḍa bal lā yūqinūna

Or did they create the heavens and the earth? In fact, they are not certain.

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Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they are sure of nothing

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Or did they create the heavens and the earth? - nay, but they are not sure

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Created they the Heavens and Earth? Nay, rather, they have no faith

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Did they create the heavens and the earth? Verily they are not firmly persuaded that God hath created them

George Sale · published 1734

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52:37

أَمْ عِندَهُمْ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْمُصَۣيْطِرُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)am 'indahum khazaa'inu rabbika am humu l-musaytiroon

DIN 31635ʾam ʿindahum ḫazāʾinu rabbika ʾam humu l-muṣayṭirūna

The translators word this verse differently

Or do they possess the treasuries of your Lord? Or are they the controllers?

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Or do they own the treasures of thy Lord? Or have they been given charge (thereof)

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Or have they the treasures of thy Lord? or are they the governors supreme

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Hold they thy Lord's treasures? Bear they the rule supreme

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Are the stores of thy Lord in their hands? Are they the supreme dispensers of all things

George Sale · published 1734

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52:38

أَمْ لَهُمْ سُلَّمٌ يَسْتَمِعُونَ فِيهِ فَلْيَأْتِ مُسْتَمِعُهُم بِسُلْطَٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ

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Easy-read (simplified)am lahum sullamun yastami'oona feehi falya'ti mustami'uhum bisultaanin mubeen

DIN 31635ʾam lahum sullamun yastamiʿūna fīhi falyaʾti mustamiʿuhum bisulṭānin mubīnin

The translators word this verse differently

Or do they have a stairway by means of which they listen? Then let their listener produce a clear proof.

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Or have they any stairway (unto heaven) by means of which they overhear (decrees). Then let their listener produce some warrant manifest

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Or have they a ladder whereon they can listen?- then let their listener bring obvious authority

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Have they a ladder for hearing the angels? Let any one who hath heard them bring a clear proof of it

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Have they a ladder, whereby they may ascend to heaven, and hear the discourses of the angels? Let one, therefore, who hath heard them, produce an evident proof thereof

George Sale · published 1734

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52:39

أَمْ لَهُ ٱلْبَنَٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلْبَنُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)am lahu l-banaatu walakumu l-banoon

DIN 31635ʾam lahu l-banātu walakumu l-banūna

Or for Him the daughters, and for you the sons?

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Or hath He daughters whereas ye have sons

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Has He daughters, while ye have sons

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Hath God daughters and ye sons

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Hath God daughters, and have ye sons

George Sale · published 1734

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52:40

أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)am tas'aluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muthqaloon

DIN 31635ʾam tasʾaluhum ʾaǧran fahum min maġramin muṯqalūna

The translators word this verse differently

Or do you demand a payment from them, and they are burdened by debt?

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Or askest thou (Muhammad) a fee from them so that they are plunged in debt

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Or dost thou ask them a hire, while they are borne down by debt

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Asketh thou pay of them? they are themselves weighed down with debts

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Dost thou ask them a reward for thy preaching? But they are laden with debts

George Sale · published 1734

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52:41

أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)am 'indahumu l-ghaybu fahum yaktuboon

DIN 31635ʾam ʿindahumu l-ġaybu fahum yaktubūna

The translators word this verse differently

Or do they know the future, and they are writing it down?

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Or possess they the Unseen so that they can write (it) down

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Or have they the unseen, so that they write it down

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Have they such a knowledge of the secret things that they can write them down

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Are the secrets of futurity with them; and do they transcribe the same from the table of God's decrees

George Sale · published 1734

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52:42

أَمْ يُرِيدُونَ كَيْدًا فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْمَكِيدُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)am yureedoona kaydan falladheena kafaroo humu l-makeedoon

DIN 31635ʾam yurīdūna kaydan fallaḏīna kafarū humu l-makīdūna

The translators word this verse differently

Or are they planning a conspiracy? The conspiracy will befall the disbelievers.

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Or seek they to ensnare (the messenger)? But those who disbelieve, they are the ensnared

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Or do they desire a plot? - but those who misbelieve it is who are plotted against

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Desire they to lay snares for thee? But the snared ones shall be they who do not believe

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Do they seek to lay a plot against thee? But the unbelievers are they who shall be circumvented

George Sale · published 1734

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52:43

أَمْ لَهُمْ إِلَٰهٌ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ سُبْحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)am lahum ilaahun ghayru llaahi subhaana llaahi 'ammaa yushrikoon

DIN 31635ʾam lahum ʾilāhun ġayru llāhi subḥāna llāhi ʿammā yušrikūna

The translators word this verse differently

Or do they have a god besides God? God transcends what they associate.

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Or have they any god beside Allah? Glorified be Allah from all that they ascribe as partner (unto Him)

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Or have they a god beside God? celebrated be God's praises above what they join with Him

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Have they any God beside God? Glory be to God above what they join with Him

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Have they any god, besides God? Far be God exalted above the idols which they associate with Him

George Sale · published 1734

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52:44

وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ كِسْفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطًا يَقُولُوا۟ سَحَابٌ مَّرْكُومٌ

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Easy-read (simplified)wa'in yaraw kisfan mina s-samaa'i saaqitan yaqooloo sahaabun markoom

DIN 31635waʾin yaraw kisfan mina s-samāʾi sāqiṭan yaqūlū saḥābun markūmun

Even if they were to see lumps of the sky falling down, they would say, "A mass of clouds."

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And if they were to see a fragment of the heaven falling, they would say: A heap of clouds

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

But if they should see a fragment of the sky falling down, they would say, 'Clouds in masses

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And should they see a fragment of the heaven falling down, they would say, "It is only a dense cloud

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

If they should see a fragment of the heaven falling down upon them, they would say, it is only a thick cloud

George Sale · published 1734

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52:45

فَذَرْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ يُصْعَقُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)fadharhum hattaa yulaaqoo yawmahumu lladhee feehi yus'aqoon

DIN 31635faḏarhum ḥattā yulāqū yawmahumu llaḏī fīhi yuṣʿaqūna

The translators word this verse differently

So leave them until they meet their Day in which they will be stunned.

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Then let them be (O Muhammad), till they meet their day, in which they will be thunder-stricken

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

But leave them till they meet that day of theirs whereon they shall swoon

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Leave them then until they come face to face with the day when they shall swoon away

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Wherefore leave them, until they arrive at their day wherein they shall swoon for fear

George Sale · published 1734

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52:46

يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُمْ كَيْدُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)yawma laa yughnee 'anhum kayduhum shay'an walaa hum yunsaroon

DIN 31635yawma lā yuġnī ʿanhum kayduhum šayʾan walā hum yunṣarūna

The Day when their ploys will avail them nothing; and they will not be helped.

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A day in which their guile will naught avail them, nor will they be helped

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

the day when their plotting shall avail them naught, and they shall not be helped

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

A day in which their snares shall not at all avail them, neither shall they be helped

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

A day, in which their subtle contrivances shall not avail them at all, neither shall they be protected

George Sale · published 1734

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52:47

وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ عَذَابًا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)wa'inna lilladheena zalamoo 'adhaaban doona dhaalika walaakinna aktharahum laa ya'lamoon

DIN 31635waʾinna lillaḏīna ẓalamū ʿaḏāban dūna ḏālika walākinna ʾakṯarahum lā yaʿlamūna

For those who do wrong, there is a punishment besides that; but most of them do not know.

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And verily, for those who do wrong, there is a punishment beyond that. But most of them know not

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And, verily, there is a torment beside that for those who do wrong; but most of them do not know

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And verily, beside this is there a punishment for the evildoers: but most of them know it not

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And those who act unjustly shall surely suffer another punishment besides this: But the greater part of them do not understand

George Sale · published 1734

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52:48

وَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ

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Easy-read (simplified)wasbir lihukmi rabbika fa'innaka bi'a'yuninaa wasabbih bihamdi rabbika heena taqoom

DIN 31635waṣbir liḥukmi rabbika faʾinnaka biʾaʿyuninā wasabbiḥ biḥamdi rabbika ḥīna taqūmu

So patiently await the decision of your Lord, for you are before Our Eyes; and proclaim the praises of your Lord when you arise.

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So wait patiently (O Muhammad) for thy Lord's decree, for surely thou art in Our sight; and hymn the praise of thy Lord when thou uprisest

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

But wait thou patiently for the judgment of thy Lord, for thou art in our eyes. And celebrate the praises of thy Lord what time thou risest

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Wait thou patiently the judgment of thy Lord, for thou art in our eye; and celebrate the praise of thy Lord when thou risest up

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And wait thou patiently the judgment of thy Lord concerning them; for thou art in our eye: And celebrate the praise of thy Lord, when thou risest up

George Sale · published 1734

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52:49

وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَإِدْبَٰرَ ٱلنُّجُومِ

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Easy-read (simplified)wamina llayli fasabbihhu wa'idbaara n-nujoom

DIN 31635wamina llayli fasabbiḥhu waʾidbāra n-nuǧūmi

And glorify Him during the night, and at the receding of the stars.

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And in the night-time also hymn His praise, and at the setting of the stars

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and in the night, and at the fading of the stars

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And in the night-season: Praise him when the stars are setting

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and praise Him in the night-season, and when the stars begin to disappear

George Sale · published 1734

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Surah 53

An-Najmالنجم

The Star · 62 verses · Meccan

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Sixty-two verses opening with an oath by the star, and saying that the speaker's companion neither errs nor speaks out of his own desire. It names three things called upon - al-Lat, al-Uzza and Manat - and says they are names their callers and their fathers gave, with no authority sent down for them. It closes with an instruction to prostrate and serve God.

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53:1

وَٱلنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ

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Easy-read (simplified)wan-najmi idhaa hawaa

DIN 31635wan-naǧmi ʾiḏā hawā

By the star as it goes down.

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By the Star when it setteth

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

By the star when it falls

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

By the STAR when it setteth

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

By the star, when it setteth

George Sale · published 1734

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53:2

مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ

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Easy-read (simplified)maa dalla saahibukum wamaa ghawaa

DIN 31635mā ḍalla ṣāḥibukum wamā ġawā

Your friend has not gone astray, nor has he erred.

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Your comrade erreth not, nor is deceived

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

your comrade errs not, nor is he deluded

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Your compatriot erreth not, nor is he led astray

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

your companion Mohammed erreth not, nor is he led astray

George Sale · published 1734

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53:3

وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰٓ

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Easy-read (simplified)wamaa yantiqu 'ani l-hawaa

DIN 31635wamā yanṭiqu ʿani l-hawā

The translators word this verse differently

Nor does he speak out of desire.

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Nor doth he speak of (his own) desire

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

nor speaks he out of lust

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Neither speaketh he from mere impulse

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Neither doth he speak of his own will

George Sale · published 1734

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53:4

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْىٌ يُوحَىٰ

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Easy-read (simplified)in huwa illaa wahyun yoohaa

DIN 31635ʾin huwa ʾillā waḥyun yūḥā

The translators word this verse differently

It is but a revelation revealed.

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It is naught save an inspiration that is inspired

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

It is but an inspiration inspired

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

The Koran is no other than a revelation revealed to him

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

It is no other than a revelation, which hath been revealed unto him

George Sale · published 1734

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53:5

عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلْقُوَىٰ

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Easy-read (simplified)'allamahu shadeedu l-quwaa

DIN 31635ʿallamahu šadīdu l-quwā

The translators word this verse differently

Taught to him by the Extremely Powerful.

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Which one of mighty powers hath taught him

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

One mighty in power taught him

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

One terrible in power taught it him

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

One mighty in power, indued with understanding, taught it him

George Sale · published 1734

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53:6

ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَٱسْتَوَىٰ

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Easy-read (simplified)dhoo mirratin fastawaa

DIN 31635ḏū mirratin fastawā

The translators word this verse differently

The one of vigor. He settled.

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One vigorous; and he grew clear to view

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

endowed with sound understanding, and appeared

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Endued with wisdom. With even balance stood he

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And He appeared

George Sale · published 1734

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53:7

وَهُوَ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

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Easy-read (simplified)wahuwa bil-'ufuqi l-'a'laa

DIN 31635wahuwa bil-ʾufuqi l-ʾaʿlā

The translators word this verse differently

While he was at the highest horizon.

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When he was on the uppermost horizon

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

he being in the loftiest tract

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

In the highest part of the horizon

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

in the highest part of the horizon

George Sale · published 1734

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53:8

ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ

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Easy-read (simplified)thumma danaa fatadallaa

DIN 31635ṯumma danā fatadallā

The translators word this verse differently

Then he came near, and hovered around.

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Then he drew nigh and came down

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Then drew he near and hovered o'er

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Then came he nearer and approached

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Afterwards He approached the prophet, and drew near unto him

George Sale · published 1734

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53:9

فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ

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Easy-read (simplified)fakaana qaaba qawsayni aw adnaa

DIN 31635fakāna qāba qawsayni ʾaw ʾadnā

The translators word this verse differently

He was within two bows' length, or closer.

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Till he was (distant) two bows' length or even nearer

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

until he was two bows length off or nigher still

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And was at the distance of two bows, or even closer

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

until He was at the distance of two bows length from him, or yet nearer

George Sale · published 1734

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53:10

فَأَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦ مَآ أَوْحَىٰ

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Easy-read (simplified)fa'awhaa ilaa 'abdihi maa awhaa

DIN 31635faʾawḥā ʾilā ʿabdihi mā ʾawḥā

Then He revealed to His servant what He revealed.

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And He revealed unto His slave that which He revealed

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Then he inspired his servant what he inspired him

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And he revealed to his servant what he revealed

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And He revealed unto his servant that which He revealed

George Sale · published 1734

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53:11

مَا كَذَبَ ٱلْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰٓ

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Easy-read (simplified)maa kadhaba l-fu'aadu maa ra'aa

DIN 31635mā kaḏaba l-fuʾādu mā raʾā

The heart did not lie about what it saw.

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The heart lied not (in seeing) what it saw

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

the heart belies not what he saw

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

His heart falsified not what he saw

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

The heart of Mohammed did not falsely represent that which he saw

George Sale · published 1734

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53:12

أَفَتُمَٰرُونَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ

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Easy-read (simplified)afatumaaroonahu 'alaa maa yaraa

DIN 31635ʾafatumārūnahu ʿalā mā yarā

Will you dispute with him concerning what he saw?

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Will ye then dispute with him concerning what he seeth

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

What, will ye dispute with him on what he saw

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

What! will ye then dispute with him as to what he saw

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Will ye therefore dispute with him concerning that which he saw

George Sale · published 1734

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53:13

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَىٰ

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Easy-read (simplified)walaqad ra'aahu nazlatan ukhraa

DIN 31635walaqad raʾāhu nazlatan ʾuḫrā

He saw him on another descent.

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And verily he saw him yet another time

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And he saw him another time

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

He had seen him also another time

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

He also saw him another time

George Sale · published 1734

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53:14

عِندَ سِدْرَةِ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ

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Easy-read (simplified)'inda sidrati l-muntahaa

DIN 31635ʿinda sidrati l-muntahā

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At the Lotus Tree of the Extremity.

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By the lote-tree of the utmost boundary

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

by the lote tree none may pass

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Near the Sidrah-tree, which marks the boundary

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

by the lote-tree beyond which there is no passing

George Sale · published 1734

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53:15

عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰٓ

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Easy-read (simplified)'indahaa jannatu l-ma'waa

DIN 31635ʿindahā ǧannatu l-maʾwā

Near which is the Garden of Repose.

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Nigh unto which is the Garden of Abode

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

near which is the garden of the Abode

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Near which is the garden of repose

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Near it is the garden of eternal abode

George Sale · published 1734

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53:16

إِذْ يَغْشَى ٱلسِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَىٰ

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Easy-read (simplified)idh yaghshaa s-sidrata maa yaghshaa

DIN 31635ʾiḏ yaġšā s-sidrata mā yaġšā

As there covered the Lotus Tree what covered it.

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When that which shroudeth did enshroud the lote-tree

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

When there covered the lote tree what did cover it

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

When the Sidrah-tree was covered with what covered it

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

When the lote-tree covered that which it covered

George Sale · published 1734

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53:17

مَا زَاغَ ٱلْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ

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Easy-read (simplified)maa zaagha l-basaru wamaa taghaa

DIN 31635mā zāġa l-baṣaru wamā ṭaġā

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The sight did not waver, nor did it exceed.

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The eye turned not aside nor yet was overbold

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

The sight swerved not nor wandered

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

His eye turned not aside, nor did it wander

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

his eye-sight turned not aside, neither did it wander

George Sale · published 1734

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53:18

لَقَدْ رَأَىٰ مِنْ ءَايَٰتِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ

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Easy-read (simplified)laqad ra'aa min aayaati rabbihi l-kubraa

DIN 31635laqad raʾā min ʾāyāti rabbihi l-kubrā

He saw some of the Great Signs of his Lord.

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Verily he saw one of the greater revelations of his Lord

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

He saw then the greatest of the signs of his Lord

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

For he saw the greatest of the signs of his Lord

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And he really beheld some of the greatest signs of his Lord

George Sale · published 1734

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53:19

أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱللَّٰتَ وَٱلْعُزَّىٰ

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Easy-read (simplified)afara'aytumu llaata wal-'uzzaa

DIN 31635ʾafaraʾaytumu llāta wal-ʿuzzā

The translators word this verse differently

Have you considered al-Lat and al-Uzza?

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Have ye thought upon Al-Lat and Al-'Uzza

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Have ye considered Allat and Al 'Huzza

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Do you see Al-Lat and Al-Ozza

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

What think ye of Allat, and Al Uzza

George Sale · published 1734

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53:20

وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰٓ

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Easy-read (simplified)wamanaata th-thaalithata l-'ukhraa

DIN 31635wamanāta ṯ-ṯāliṯata l-ʾuḫrā

And Manat, the third one, the other?

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And Manat, the third, the other

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and Manat the other third

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And Manat the third idol besides

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and Manah, that other third goddess

George Sale · published 1734

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53:21

أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ

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Easy-read (simplified)alakumu dh-dhakaru walahu l-'unthaa

DIN 31635ʾalakumu ḏ-ḏakaru walahu l-ʾunṯā

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Are you to have the males, and He the females?

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Are yours the males and His the females

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Shall there be male offspring for Him and female for you

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

What? shall ye have male progeny and God female

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Have ye male children, and God female

George Sale · published 1734

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53:22

تِلْكَ إِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيزَىٰٓ

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Easy-read (simplified)tilka idhan qismatun deezaa

DIN 31635tilka ʾiḏan qismatun ḍīzā

The translators word this verse differently

What a bizarre distribution.

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That indeed were an unfair division

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

That were an unfair division

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

This were indeed an unfair partition

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

This, therefore, is an unjust partition

George Sale · published 1734

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53:23

إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّآ أَسْمَآءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَٰنٍ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى ٱلْأَنفُسُ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ

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Easy-read (simplified)in hiya illaa asmaa'un sammaytumoohaa antum wa'aabaa'ukum maa anzala llaahu bihaa min sultaanin in yattabi'oona illaa z-zanna wamaa tahwaa l-'anfusu walaqad jaa'ahum min rabbihimu l-hudaa

DIN 31635ʾin hiya ʾillā ʾasmāʾun sammaytumūhā ʾantum waʾābāʾukum mā ʾanzala llāhu bihā min sulṭānin ʾin yattabiʿūna ʾillā ẓ-ẓanna wamā tahwā l-ʾanfusu walaqad ǧāʾahum min rabbihimu l-hudā

These are nothing but names, which you have devised, you and your ancestors, for which God sent down no authority. They follow nothing but assumptions, and what the ego desires, even though guidance has come to them from their Lord.

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They are but names which ye have named, ye and your fathers, for which Allah hath revealed no warrant. They follow but a guess and that which (they) themselves desire. And now the guidance from their Lord hath come unto them

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

They are but names which ye have named, ye and your fathers! God has sent down no authority for them! They do but follow suspicion and what their souls lust after!- And yet there has come to them guidance from their Lord

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

These are mere names: ye and your fathers named them thus: God hath not sent down any warranty in their regard. A mere conceit and their own impulses do they follow. Yet hath "the guidance" from their Lord come to them

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

They are no other than empty names, which ye and your fathers have named goddesses. God hath not revealed concerning them any thing to authorize their worship. They follow no other than a vain opinion, and what their souls desire: Yet hath the true direction come unto them from their Lord

George Sale · published 1734

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53:24

أَمْ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ

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Easy-read (simplified)am lil'insaani maa tamannaa

DIN 31635ʾam lilʾinsāni mā tamannā

Or is the human being to have whatever he desires?

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Or shall man have what he coveteth

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Shall man have what he desires

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Shall man have whatever he wisheth

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Shall man have whatever he wisheth for

George Sale · published 1734

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53:25

فَلِلَّهِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ

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Easy-read (simplified)falillaahi l-'aakhiratu wal-'oolaa

DIN 31635falillāhi l-ʾāḫiratu wal-ʾūlā

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To God belong the Last and the First.

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But unto Allah belongeth the after (life), and the former

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

But God's is the hereafter and the present

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

The future and the present are in the hand of God

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

The life to come, and the present life are God's

George Sale · published 1734

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53:26

وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٍ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ لَا تُغْنِى شَفَٰعَتُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَن يَأْذَنَ ٱللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرْضَىٰٓ

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Easy-read (simplified)wakam min malakin fee s-samaawaati laa tughnee shafaa'atuhum shay'an illaa min ba'di an ya'dhana llaahu liman yashaa'u wayardaa

DIN 31635wakam min malakin fī s-samāwāti lā tuġnī šafāʿatuhum šayʾan ʾillā min baʿdi ʾan yaʾḏana llāhu liman yašāʾu wayarḍā

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How many an angel is there in the heavens whose intercession avails nothing, except after God gives permission to whomever He wills, and approves?

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And how many angels are in the heavens whose intercession availeth naught save after Allah giveth leave to whom He chooseth and accepteth

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

How many an angel in the heaven!- their intercession avails not at all, save after God has given permission to whomsoever He will and is pleased with

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And many as are the Angels in the Heavens, their intercession shall be of no avail Until God hath permitted it to whom he shall please and will accept

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And how many angels soever there be in the heavens, their intercession shall be of no avail, until after God shall have granted permission unto whom He shall please and shall accept

George Sale · published 1734

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Arabic textTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Uthmani, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

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Translations Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired

Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an ·1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

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Translations John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired

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Translations Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran·Public domain — copyright term expired

Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran ·1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026

Translations Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

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Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com https://clearquran.com